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Emma Skarstein

Contact Info

See my work

emmaskarstein.github.io
Homepage and blog, with a selection of work and posts.

github/emmaSkarstein
Code and projects, for example my TidyTuesday contributions and various visualization projects.

Google Scholar
Published academic articles.

Disclaimer

I made this resume in R with the package pagedown.

My source code is available here.

Last updated on 2024-05-24.

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Emma Skarstein

Passionate about science communication, data visualization and transparent research. Solid background in mathematics and statistical research.

Education

PhD candidate

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Trondheim, Norway

current - 2020

Measurement error and missing data in explanatory variables. Bayesian modelling using integrated nested Laplace approximation (INLA).

M.S. in Mathematical Sciences

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Trondheim, Norway

2020 - 2018

Thesis: Accounting for spatial bias in citizen science observations of Norwegian freshwater fish by using an effort spatial field

B.S. in Mathematical Sciences

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Trondheim, Norway

2018 - 2015

Thesis: The EM algorithm and some applications in population genetics

Work Experience

Teaching as a part of PhD position

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Trondheim, Norway

2023 - 2023

Responsible for projects and some teaching in the courses ST1201 Statistical methods (two semesters), TMA4268 Statistical learning (three semesters), TMA4265 Stochastic modelling and TMA4275 Survival analysis.

Accountant

Effektiv Altruisme Norge

Oslo, Norway (remote)

2019 - 2018

Responsible for payroll of up to 7 employees, as well as all regular routines related to finance and accounting in a charitable organization.

Teaching assistant

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Trondheim, Norway

2018 & 19 (fall)

Teaching assistant in the course ST1201 Statistical Methods. Responsible for weekly exercise sessions and grading of exercises.

Research assistant

Aalto University

Helsinki, Finland

2018 summer

Helped develop an algorithm for automated brain stimulation. Acknowledged in Tervo et al. (2020).

Selected Publications

The Point Process Framework for Integrated Modelling of Biodiversity Data

Submitted to Environmetrics

N/A

2024

Adjei, K.P; Mostert, P; Sicacha-Parada, J; Skarstein, E.S; O’Hara, R.B

SKILLS

PROGRAMMING | R, Python, Matlab, C++, GitHub

R-PACKAGES | ggplot2, tidyverse

LITERATE CODING | LaTeX, R markdown, Xaringan slides, Quarto

MICROSOFT OFFICE | Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Teams

GOOGLE | Drive, Docs, Sheets, Forms

LANGUAGES | English (native), Norwegian (native), French (B1)


MY R PACKAGES

inlamemi | Bayesian models for measurement error and missing data in INLA (integrated nested Laplace approximations).

valgdata | Simple functions for visualizing Norwegian election results.

power.usage.analysis | Explore and analyze personal power consumption data from Elhub.no.


GRAPHICAL WORK

TidyTuesday Contributions | 10+ visualizations of data from the TidyTuesday project.

British Monarchs | The lifespans of the last monarchs of Britain and England.

Missing data in INLA | Award winning conference poster, based on a poster for the movie Psycho (1960).

Volunteer experience

Organizer

R Ladies Trondheim

N/A

2024

Started the local group R Ladies Trondheim, which is a meeting place for women who use the programming language R, across many different disciplines.

Representative for temporary employees, statistics group

Department of Mathematical sciences, NTNU

N/A

2023 - 2020

Represented temp. employees in administrative and organizational matters, organized social activities in the statistics group.

Treasurer

Trondheim Student Garden

N/A

2019 - 2018

Full responsibility for the finances of the student garden. Initiated a collaboration with Moholt student kindergarten.

Head of board

Effektiv Altruisme NTNU

N/A

2018 - 2017

Student organization with a goal of streamlining the foreign aid sector and providing new knowledge to students regarding career choices for a better world. 30 active members.

Courses

NTNU’s Research leadership course

N/A

N/A

2022

Held by Lars Christian Lassen, Mobilize Strategy Consulting. 2-day course targeted at PhD-candidates, designed develop an understanding of leadership in a research context.